bertram

bertram · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπύρεθρον
2. Latin · derived frompyrethrum
3. Old High German · derived frombërhtram
4. Middle High German · derived frombërtram
5. German · borrowed fromBertram
6. English todaybertram

From German Bertram (according to Kluge appearing first in English in 1578), well-known, from Middle High German bërtram, bërhtram, from Old High German bërhtram, from Latin pyrethrum, from Ancient Greek πύρεθρον (púrethron).

Bertram · proper noun²

From Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”) + *hrabnaz (“raven”).

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